but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.

你们恶善好恶，从人身上剥皮，从人骨头上剔肉，

你们恶善好恶，剥我百姓身上的皮，从他们的骨头上剔肉，

你们恶善好恶，剥我百姓身上的皮，从他们的骨头上剔肉，

你们憎恶良善，喜爱邪恶，剥下我百姓的皮，从他们的骨头上剔肉。

然而，你们恨恶良善，喜爱邪恶，从人身上剥皮，从人骨头上剔肉。

你們惡善好惡，從人身上剝皮，從人骨頭上剔肉，

你們惡善好惡，剝我百姓身上的皮，從他們的骨頭上剔肉，

你們惡善好惡，剝我百姓身上的皮，從他們的骨頭上剔肉，

你們憎惡良善，喜愛邪惡，剝下我百姓的皮，從他們的骨頭上剔肉。

然而，你們恨惡良善，喜愛邪惡，從人身上剝皮，從人骨頭上剔肉。

你們這些恨惡良善、喜愛壞事、從我人民身上剝奪了皮、從他們骨頭上剔肉的；

惟爾惡善好惡、剝人之膚、剔肉於骨、

惟爾惡善好惡、剝人之皮、刳人之肉、惟餘骨骸、

斯人惡善好惡、剝人之皮、自其骨上剔肉、剝人之皮自其骨上剔肉或作自人身上剝皮自其骨上剔肉

you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;

But you hate what is good. And you love what is evil. You are like someone who tears the skin off my people. You pull the meat off their bones.

you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,

You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;

ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money!

To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.

Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to God.

Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

How dare you crush my people, grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?” demands the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him.“ Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?” he asked the king.“ Because of what you have done, the Lord is very angry with you.

Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord, and keep their promises even when it hurts.

So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, about 400 of them, and asked them,“ Should I go to war against Ramoth gilead, or should I hold back?” They all replied,“ Yes, go right ahead! The Lord will give the king victory.”But Jehoshaphat asked,“ Is there not also a prophet of the Lord here? We should ask him the same question.”The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat,“ There is one more man who could consult the Lord for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat replied,“ That’s not the way a king should talk! Let’s hear what he has to say.”

“ So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.“ Yes,” Elijah answered,“ I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the Lord’s sight.

Anyone who hates me also hates my Father.If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.

They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.And you mix the grain you sell with chaff swept from the floor. Then you enslave poor people for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.

“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One— the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

“ If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.

This is what the Lord my God says:“ Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say,‘ Praise the Lord! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.

But they shouted back,“ No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!”( Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.

O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.

They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.

How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.So those who are smart keep their mouths shut, for it is an evil time.Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed.

But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say,‘ We do not want him to be our king.’

You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve.

Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.